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Coding Corner Questions: November

  |  Issue: November 2014  |  

ICD-10 Coding Quiz

  1. Patient presents to the rheumatologist for a follow-up visit of chronic ankylosing spondylitis, lumbar region. On this visit, the patient also mentions the onset of dyspepsia starting five days ago.
    1. M46.06, R10.13
    2. M45.60, R10.12
    3. M45.6, R10.13
    4. None of the above
  2. A patient returns to the office for a follow-up visit of primary osteoarthritis of the left elbow. She also complains of pain in the same elbow with a severity of 6 out of 10.
    1. M19.272, M25.522
    2. M19.022
    3. M19.022, M25.522
    4. M19.272
  3. A patient is seen in the office for a ganglion cyst of the right wrist.
    1. M67.431
    2. M67.831
    3. M67.432
    4. M67.40
  4. An 82-year-old male patient presents with chronic gout with tophi of the left knee, left foot and right knee.
    1. M1A.20
    2. M1A.0621, M1A.0721, M1A.0611
    3. M1A.09X1
    4. M1A.091
  5. What is the code for rheumatoid arthritis of multiple sites with rheumatoid factor?

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